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Enviro500 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
would be & would have been
which sentence is correct? Could you explain it? Thanks!
I think he would be happy after he received the gift.
I think he would have been happy after he received the gift.
I think he would be happy after he received the gift.
I think he would have been happy after he received the gift.
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enviro500 I think he would be happy after he received the gift. Correct. The reference is to the future, next week, for example, when he has his birthday.
- enviro500 I think he would be happy after he received the gift.
- Correct.
- The reference is to the future, next week, for example, when he has his birthday.
- He would have been happy if he had received the gift .
- Correct.
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enviro500I think he would be happy after he received the gift.Correct. The reference is to the future, next week, for example, when he has his birthday.
He would have been happy if he had received the gift.
Correct. The reference is to the past.
enviro500
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Neither sentence is a conditional.
This one is speculating about an event that will happen (is planned for) the future:
I think he would be happy after he receives the gift.
This is speculating about his feelings after an event that actually happened in the past.
I think he would have been happy after he received the gift.
So I believe that the first one
This one is speculating about an event that will happen (is planned for) the future:
I think he would be happy after he receives the gift.
This is speculating about his feelings after an event that actually happened in the past.
I think he would have been happy after he received the gift.
So I believe that the first one
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AlpheccaStarsNeither sentence is a conditional.This one is speculating about an event that will happen (is planned for) the future:I think he would be happy after he receives the gift.This is speculating about his feelings after an event that actually happened in the past. I think he would have been happy after he received the gift.So I believe that the first one is incor
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Hi Alphecca Stars
Please help me this question.
This one is speculating about an event that will happen (is planned for) the future:
I think he would be happy after he receives the gift.
We use would against will here as it is a speculation rather we are tentative. Is this reasoning correct?
Please help me this question.
This one is speculating about an event that will happen (is planned for) the future:
I think he would be happy after he receives the gift.
We use would against will here as it is a speculation rather we are tentative. Is this reasoning correct?
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vsureshWe use would against will here as it is a speculation rather we are tentative. Is this reasoning correct?Yes. You can use will, of course, but would' is less direct, and more tentative.
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